Comparison

Build 'n' Bounce vs Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Build 'n' Bounce

Create, share, and play custom game levels. Get inspired by community-made content or explore built-in challenges. The fun expands with user-generated content.

Highlights
  • Create custom levels
  • Share levels with community
  • Play community levels
  • Modify existing levels
  • Explore built-in levels
Features
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The real fun starts when you create your own levels - Until then, get inspired by playing or modifying the many levels created by the community or the built in levels.

About

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

Design and build your own 2D platforming levels with a wide variety of tools and assets. Create intricate obstacle courses, adventure maps, or anything you can imagine, then share your creations online and explore those made by others.

Highlights
  • Create 2D platforming levels
  • 13 level themes
  • Hundreds of blocks, enemies, and objects
  • Foreground and background block placement
  • World map creation
  • Online level sharing and downloading
  • Challenge mode with unlockable hats
Features
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This app gives you the tools you need to create fantastic 2D platforming levels and share them with everyone. Build tricky obstacle courses, crazy contraptions, or even longer adventure-style levels. The choice is yours! Features: • Make all sorts of levels, big or small! • Select from 13 different level theme options to suit your mood. • Hundreds of blocks, enemies, and objects to place in each level. • Decoration blocks and sloped ground tiles to create more detailed environments. • Several powerups including upgrades to the player's armor and jump height. • Place blocks in the foreground and background. • Add a sub-area to your levels. • Electricity can be conducted by metal blocks to power pistons and more. • Dynamic fire spreading (wooden blocks can burn, and ice blocks melt!) • Create world maps to compile your levels into a story or adventure! • Share your levels and world maps online, and download those uploaded by other players. • Tackle the classic challenge mode to unlock cool new hats to wear!

Screenshots

Build 'n' Bounce3 screens
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Build 'n' Bounce at 5.0 against Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's 4.7. Build 'n' Bounce also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's advantage is ratings volume (69 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Build 'n' Bounce holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder has 69 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

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Build 'n' Bounce versus Ultimate Level Maker / Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuild 'n' BounceUltimate Level Maker / Builder
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (69 ratings)
Positive reviews—83.9% of reviews
Number of ratings169 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB188 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJoern MortensenJoshua Bellmyer

Customer experience

Build 'n' Bounce

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

All ratings69 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral7.2%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive83.9%
Neutral9.7%
Negative6.5%

Bugs and requests

Build 'n' Bounce

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Did not get hat after completing 5th year 2nd time
  • Glitch with magnet on giant potion
  • Lose a life when restarting a level
  • Colors are too dark and don't match image
  • Username glitch (SOMEBODYCOOL vs SOMEBODYCOOL XD)
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  • Cannot add a Sonic level
  • New update not on iOS
  • Restarting level loses a life

Requested features

37 requests
  • Add multiplayer and friends list
  • Add more bosses
  • Add more cosmetics and pets
  • Add chat for multiplayer
  • Allow replaying levels
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  • Add gravity switching like GD
  • Add friends to play with
  • Add a story mode
  • Allow uploading levels without completion
  • Add different kinds of coins
  • Add more characters to play as
  • Add playable character maker
  • Add a family or friends for Carbo
  • Add a girl version of Carbo or a dog/little brother
  • Add lily pad blocks
  • Add search functionality in the level editor
  • Add more blocks and items
  • Add multiplayer mode
  • Add ability to color Carbo
  • Add NPCs for storytelling
  • Add a view creator button with profiles
  • Add more lore for Carbo
  • Add side scrolling
  • Fix jet pack power up
  • Add plane power up
  • Add a bat boss
  • Add comments on user games
  • Add rating for user games
  • Add custom music for levels
  • Add more bone enemies
  • Add new bosses (Giga Beetle, Mansion Bat, Huge Riko)
  • Add mod support
  • Add level rating system
  • Improve lighting and shadows
  • Add playable character maker
  • Add boss maker
  • Add more world parts

In-app purchases

None

Build 'n' Bounce

No in-app purchases

None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Build 'n' Bounce free?
Build 'n' Bounce is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ultimate Level Maker / Builder free?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Build 'n' Bounce or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Build 'n' Bounce is rated higher. Build 'n' Bounce averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Ultimate Level Maker / Builder averages 4.7 from 69 ratings.
Do Build 'n' Bounce or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder have ads?
Both Build 'n' Bounce and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder show ads.

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